Protector for stays



Aprii 15 1924. 1,490,264

. GILMOUR PROTECTOR FOR STAYS Filed Nov. 18. 1921 m Mr Patented Apr. l5,

ANNA GILMOUR, OI MANNING, IO /VA.

PROTECTOR FOB STAYS.

Application filed November 18, 1921. Serial No. 516,127.

To 07/ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA GILMOUR, a citizen of the United States residing at lli ilanning in the county of Carroll and State of Towa. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Stays, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide simple and inexpensive means where by garment stays will be prevented from cutting through the fabric material in which they are fitted and injury to other garments or to the skin or flesh of the wearer will be avoided. It is well-known that as a garment becomes old the stays which reinforce the same and maintain the shape thereof have a tendency to cut through the fabric covering or body of the garment and the protruding ends of the stays then frequently cause serious damage to other garments and frequently irritate and seriously affect the flesh of the wearer. My invention provides a very simple device whereby the stays are prevented from cutting through the fabric material and the life of the garment in which the stay is used is prolonged.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of'a portion of a garment having my invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through a iortion of the stay and my improved protector;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same;

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the protector.

In the drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates the fabric material which constitutes the body of a garment and in which a stay 2 is placed. It will be readily noted that the fabric material is disposed against the opposite faces of the stay and the two plies of the material are brought together beyond the endsand at the sides of the stay, being ordinarily sewed together so that a pocket is formed in which the stay closely fits. The constant wear between the stay and the fabric material creates a tendency of the stay to cut through the fabric at the end of the stay so that the end of the stay will protrude and create the objectionable conditions hereinbefore set forth. In applying, my invention, I employ two similar members 3 and a of light sheet metal which are somewhat wider than the stay and are disposed against the opposite sides of the garment in direct contact with the fabric material enclosing the stay, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and At the side edges of both members 3 and 4 at one end of the members, l provide prongs or teeth 5 which are adapted to be inserted through the fabric material and driven past the edges of the stay and the edges of the respectively 0pposed plate 3 or 4-. After being driven through the fabric, the several prongs 01 teeth are all bent back against the outer faces of the respectively opposed plates and clenched. so that they will lie flat against the said plates. as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. It will be understood that these base plates and. the teeth or prongs formed at the edges thereof will be of sufficiently thin material as not to add any appreciable weight to the garment and also to avoid injury to other garments or to the wearer. If so desired, the protectors may be covered with small pieces of the fabric material of the garment and these covering pieces may be sewed to the garment so that direct contact between the protector and other garments or with the body of the wearer will be prevented. The prongs or teeth upon the plates 3 and 4 are so arranged that when the plates are properly assembled with the garment the prongs 01' teeth will alternate and, therefore, will not interfere with each other as they are inserted through the fabric and clenched upon the opposite plate. My device may be applied to any garment in which stays are embodied and will prove highly efficient in use for the purpose for which it is designed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A securing device for stays of garments made of fabric material, said device comprising a pair of elongated mating plates, prongs extending from the side edges and one end 01" each plate, the prongs of one of said plates alternating with the prongs of the mating plate; said plates adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the fabric material of the garment with their prongs extending through said fabric material past the end and side edges of the stay and having their ends tightly gripping the outer face of the mating plate.

In testimony whereof I affix Iny signature.

ANNA GILMOUR. 11. 8. 

